Another Horsedreamers Blues

Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:58:53 -0800 From: "Michael A. Mazur" Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Another Horsedreamer's Blues" Tab: "Another Horsedreamer's Blues" Counting Crows Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected]) Intro: Wurlitzer arranged for guitar: (Play this three times) |-------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------10---------| |--10--9--------9------------10------10--9--| |--0---0-----0-----10-----0--------------0--| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |---------------------8-----6--6--6-----8--8--8--| |--------10--9-----9--------7--7--7-----9--9--9--| |-----0--0------0--------0-----------0-----------| |--0---------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1, enters after first repeat of the wurlitzer, played twice: |-----------5-----------------------------| |--------------6--------------------------| |--7-----7--------7-----7-----7--------7--| |-----0--------------------0-----7--------| |-----------------------------------5-----| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------5--------------------8--------| |--------------6--------------------8-----| |--7-----7--------7-----7-----7--------9--| |-----0--------------------0--------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| Guitar 2, entering at the same time, played w/ slide |----------|--5----------|------15~~~--15--|------15~~~--| |--5/10\/--|-----5/10\/--|--15-------------|--15---------| |----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| Verse: (chords played by wurlitzer and bass) Margery's dreaming of the middle of the day Tiyuri to win Perfect Dozen to place Fill 1 Fill 2 |------15~~~-----|-|------------------------------| |--15------------|-|------------------------------| |----------------|-|------------------------------| guitar 1 plays |----------------|-|--------8-------------10------| these where |----------------|-|--8/10-----10--10/12------12--| marked |----------------|-|------------------------------| * (w/ fill 1) money is the matter that's been on her mind * (w/ fill 2) time ticks by her one race at a a time Chorus: Guitar 1 plays chords, guitar 2 plays the part below: |--6--3-----0--------|--1--------------|--------1--0--------| |--------3-----1-----|-----3-----------|-----3--------1-----| |-----------------0--|--------2-----2--|--3--------------0--| |--------------------|-----------3-----|--------------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |------6-----8--------|--10--------8--------| |---------6-----6-----|------6--------6-----| |--/7--------------7--|---------7--------7--| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| She's tryin' to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of horses Lookin' at a green sky Sun like a red eye Bright blue horses are the fortune she lives by * (w/ fill 3) She's tired and lonely Scared and depressed Her visions of one day go racing the next |----------|--5----------6--------8---------| |--5/10\/--|-----5/10\/-----8--------10-----| |----------|-------------------7---------9--| Fill 3, |----------|--------------------------------| guitar 2 (w slide) |----------|--------------------------------| |----------|--------------------------------| She's tryin' to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of horses Bridge: |--5--|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|--5--| |--5--|-----------1--------|-----------1--------|--5--| |--5--|--------3--2--------|-----------2--------|--5--| Gtr 1 |--7--|-----3-----2--------|--------5--2--------|--7--| |--0--|--1-----------------|-----5--------------|--0--| |-----|--------------------|--3-----------------|-----| | | | | | | | | | | |--5--|--6--6-----5--5-----|--6--6-----5--5-----|--5--| |--5--|--3--3-----5--5-----|--8--8-----5--5-----|--5--| |--5--|--3--3-----5--5-----|--7--7-----5--5-----|--5--| Gtr 2 |--7--|--------------------|--------------------|--7--| w/ wah |--0--|--------------------|--------------------|--0--| |-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----| Margie doesn't say anything all the way home So afraid she'll awake to find she's all alone |--------------------|--------------------| |-----------------1--|--------3--------1--| |--------3-----2-----|-----3--------2-----| Both guitars repeat |-----5--------------|--------------------| this, and continue |-----------0--------|--1--------3--------| over organ solo |--3-----------------|--------------------| Organ solo over Re-intro: The wurlitzer plays this, with slight variation, 8 times: |----------------| |----------------| |-----10--10--9--| Wurlitzer figure 1 |--0--0---0---0--| |----------------| |----------------| |--------5-----------| |-----6-----6--------| |--7-----------7-----| Guitar 1 plays this 4 times, starting on |-----------------0--| the fifth repeat in the wurlitzer part |--------------------| |--------------------| |-----10--|----13--|----15--| |----x----|---x----|---x----| |---x-----|--x-----|--x-----| Guitar 2 plays this, with a lot of |--x------|--------|--------| distortion and wah, starting on the |---------|--------|--------| fifth repeat in the wurlitzer part |---------|--------|--------| Verse: Margery's wingspan's all feathers and coke cans, and TV dinners and letters she won't send, and * (w/ fill 1) Every race night is shot through with sunlight * (w/ fill 4) Trying to hit the big one one last time tonight for... |---------|--8--------8/10--| |-----10--|-----8-----------| |/10------|--------9--------| Fill 4, played by guitar 2 |---------|-----------------| |---------|-----------------| |---------|-----------------| Drunken fathers and stupid mothers and Boys who can't tell one girl from another ||---6--6-----8--8---||--3--3-----5--5----|-------| ||---3--3-----5--5---||--3--3-----5--5----|-------| ||*--3--3-----5--5--*||--3--3-----5--5----|-------| Guitar 1 ||*-----------------*||-------------------|-------| ||-------------------||-------------------|-------| ||-------------------||-------------------|-------| || || | | ||------------5~~~---||-----5-----8--5--8/|10~~~--| ||------------5~~~---||-/6-----6----------|-------| ||*-----------5~~~--*||-------------------|-------| Guitar 2 w/ slide ||*-----------5~~~--*||-------------------|-------| ||-------------------||-------------------|-------| ||-------------------||-------------------|-------| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This measure repeated 3 times (with Wurlitzer figure 1, 4 times) So she takes her pills Careful and round * (w/ fill 3, second measure only) One of these days she's gonna throw the whole bottle down But she's trying to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of... Trying to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of horses Wurlitzer and Guitar 1 play the intro again |-----10~~--| |----x------| |---x-------| Guitar 2 plays this, and then is tacet |--x--------| |-----------| |-----------| Finish with another organ solo, with both guitars playing the same progression they did the first time